Wofford College - Bohemian Yearbook (Spartanburg, SC)

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THE EVENTS WE LOOKED FORWARD TO For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the vision of the world, and all the wonder that would; Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails. Pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales; Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rained a ghastly dew From the nations ' airy navies grappling in the central blue; Far along the world-wide whisper of the south-wind rushing warm, With the standards of the peoples plunging thro ' the thunder-storm; Till the war-drum throbb ' d no longer, and the battle-flags were furl ' d In the Parliament of Man, the Federation of the World. Tennyson ' s Lockslcy Hall. At least eighty per cent of the Wofford Student Body this year were veterans of some branch of the Service. A large part of this eighty per cent were former students at Wofford who had their education interrupted while they were working toward a degree. It is a wonderful experience to witness the eagerness with which the six hundred young men at Wofford are tackling the serious problem of obtaining an education. While most of these men were in the Army, Navy, Marines or Coast Guard, they thought of many things at many different times and some of them looked forward to coming back to Wofford and enjoying the thmgs that go with Life at Wofford. The fellows that are new here had conjured up a similar outlook. We would like to interpret these visions and conceptions with a few of the highlights of this year at Wofford. 12